HE DIDN'T GET IN GAME ONE. WE'LL SEE IF U.D. STARTS. THANKS SO MUCH. HE WAS LOVED MIAMI. HE LOVED EVERYBODY UNCONDITIONALLY. SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HER WEDDING. INSTEAD SHE IS PLANNING HER FIANCE AS FUNERAL. TONY ARCHES WAS CAREFUL HIS CAR WAS CLAMMED BY A DRIVER WHO POLICE SAYS WAS DRIVING DRUNK. LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER ROGER LOHSE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH HER STORY. Reporter: SOULMATE WANT LAURIE. SOMETIMES YOU HEAR PEOPLE THROW THAT TERM AROUND WHEN THEY LIKE TO DESCRIBE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT SOMEBODY, BUT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO LYNN PERTOME DOMA FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS, YOU WILL AGREE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THE MAN IS THAT SHE LOST AT THIS INTERSECTION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING? HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, MY EVERYTHING. HE WAS MY LIFE, MY SUPPORT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. Reporter: THE WEDDING BAND LYNN PERDOME OH WEARS AROUND HER NECK TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON HER FIANCE'S FINGER ONE DAY SOON, BUT HER DREAMS OF MARRYING TONY ALVAREZ WERE DASHED BY AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER. HE'S A COWARD. PERSONS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE COWARDS. Reporter: SHE SAID IT HAPPENED WILE ALVAREZ WAS ON HIS WAY TO SOUTH BEACH WHERE THEY BOTH WORK AT THE SAME HOTEL. RED LIGHT CAMERAS CAPTURED THE CRASH. THE 29-YEAR-OLD KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN HIS CAR WAS BROADSIDED BY BLACK S.U.V. THAT BARRELED THREW THE INTERSECTION. MIAMI POLICE SAY ALEXI GONZALEZ WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE S.U.V. BUT NOT FOR LONG. HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RUN AWAY. COPS CAUGHT H'M. AND ARREST RECORDS SHOW HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CON TENANT WAS 1 AND A HALF TIMES THE LEGAL IT. WHO IS GOING TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY YOU LOVE IS DEAD? Reporter: A FEW HOURS LATER PERDOME OH SAID SHE PASSED RIGHT BY THE CRASH SEEN SCENE ON THEY ARE WAY TO WORK NOT REALIZING IT WAS TONY'S CAR DL UNTIL SHE ARRIVED AT THE CAR. HIGH COWORKER ASKED ME IF I BROUGHT TONY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TONY LEFT AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING. AND IT HIT ME. IT HIT ME LIKE A TRAIN WRECK. Reporter: SHE SAYS ALVAREZ ARRIVED FROM CUBA THREE YEARS. MOST OF HIS FAMILY IS STILL THE LICENSE PLATE HE LIKED MOVIES, ANIME CARTOONS AND TYPICAL GUY STUFF BUT MOSTLY SHE SAYS HE LOVED HER AND WAS JUST AS EXCITED AS SHE ABOUT MARRYING HIS SOULMATE. HE LOVED EVERYBODY UNKENNEL. HE LOVED -- UNLY. HE LOVED ME UNCONDITION A MIMMIAL SERVICE FOR TONY ALVAREZ IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY. THE IN AN WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIM, HE REMAINS BEHIND BARS CHARGED WITH D.U.I. MANSLAUGHTER.

"He was my best friend, my everything, he was my life, my support in every single way," Lyn Perdomo told Local 10's Roger Lohse.

The wedding band she's now wearing on a necklace was supposed to go on Tony Alvarez's finger one day soon. But her dreams of marrying him were dashed in an instant Sunday morning by an alleged drunk driver.

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She said it happened while Alvarez was on his way to South Beach, where they work at the same hotel.

Red-light cameras captured the crash. The 29-year-old was killed instantly when his car was hit broadside by a black SUV that barreled through the intersection.

Miami police said Alexei Gonzalez (pictured) was behind the wheel of the SUV, but not for long. He allegedly tried to run away. Cops eventually caught him and arrest records show his blood alcohol content was one and a half times the legal limit.

"He's a coward, people like that are cowards," Perdomo said.

A few hours later, Perdomo said she passed right by the crash scene on her way to work, not realizing it was Alvarez's car until she arrived at the hotel.

"His co-worker asked if I brought Tony and I said, 'What do you mean? He left at 6 o'clock in the morning,' and then it hit me. It hit me like a train wreck," said Perdomo.

Alvarez arrived from Cuba three years ago and most of his family still lives there. She said he liked movies, anime cartoons and typical guy stuff. But mostly, Perdomo said, he loved her and was just as excited as she about marrying his soul mate.

A memorial service for Alvarez is planned for Saturday. Gonzalez, the alleged drunk driver, is charged with DUI manslaughter and is being held on $100,000 bond.

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